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CARP" DITV J. oe swine are squealing in the pen? I wonder why? ? can they read the minds of men, ~ And do the know A fatal day is nigh When they must go? Ah, do they squeal Because they feel Sicfc and sore at heart and sad? Or is it something they have had To eat.' ur is it greed of more That makes them pierce the Ah, well! Their griefs will soon be o'er^ And, free from care, They'll swing from hooks Or lie in links, Cammdful of the passer's looks &nd what be thinks. II. The futvurr gobbles in the vara As blithely as he can; He scrapes his wings upon the ground And tries as hard As possible to show to man, What time he struts around. l hat nappiness is in mo ncau, And that he doesn't fret With what we call a vague unrest, Or mope around or let Forebodings creep into his breast And so He proudly plays his part, Although Jtexl week he may hang in the martMay grace rome butcher's stallSan gobb e and sans feathers and, fact, sacs all! m. Ah, foolish swine! to squeal and fret The closing hours away, While appetite and bristles yet Remain, And while all day 'Che farmer who presides as fate Leans on tho gate Far down the lane! Ah wiser turkey, gobble on, Thy gizzard still is thin And at the dawn 'Tis still for thee To see The red sun shine?>' "Thou hast a wing on either side And still thy wattles wattle where Tliov civ* thee greatest nride' -*p**-' o So why Become a prey to care Since, after all, Not thou Nor I Shall know one day before or when or hot* Or where Or why The axe may fall! ?S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Timeo-Jerald. PITH AND POINT. Beaben?"Can ycu tell me something to buy that Is sure to go up?" Stoxanbonds ? "Yep. Thermometers."? Baltimore American. Mr. Bugglns?"What's the use of keeping that old umbrella around? It's no good." Mrs. Bugglns?"All right, ni lend It to somebody." "This engine won't work," said a: fireman to the chief of the Fire Department. "No wonder," was the reply. "It was made to play."?Tit-Bits, Financial reciprocity It built upon this plan: I A man first makes the money, then The money makes the man. ?Philadelphia Record. Scribbles?"Why so melancholy, old thirteenth rejected by one editor." Scribbles?"Pshaw! That's nothing. I had one poem rejected by thirteen oditors." "Please, boss," whined the mendir*nL "can ver beln a noor feller out of work?" "No, sir," returned the pedestrian. "I only believe in helping people into work." "My husband .always eats extravasruit lunches down town." "Ilow do you know?" "The minute he gets home iu the evening he begins trying to diet the family."?Chicago Record. The telephone damsel Remarks, in low tone That a ring on the finger's Worth two on the 'phone. ?London Answers. Mucins?"Do you really hate him as much as you pretend to?" Bug;gins?'"Hate him! Why, man, I ha to Mm with the hatred that a barber feels for a man who lets his whiskers Ijrow." ~At last my lines are oast in pleasant places," remarked the poet. lie was an observing man, and he noticed that the editor had supplied him^lf with a new waste basket, spick and span, with pink ribbons intertwined through it. Th< Story of a Musical Prodigy. Elbridgc T. Gerry's fixed conviction that the use of children as public entertainers is ruinous to their moral and physical being has resulted in much benefit for talented youngsters and in a deluge of abuse for their pro fanfc o nrrt ho f'lllpfl teClUIS. OO^Ti.H USV uv in the aid of the law to prevent the performances of a child piauist. The child was admitted by all qualified to judge to be marvelously talented, and .as the young prodigy seemed to be well cared for, the outcry against the society was loud and long. But Mr. Oerry never flinched, and the law upheld him. Shortly afterward the child was taken to Europe, and the episode faded from the public mind. Ten years later the same pianist Ve^jpeared, now in the vigor of youth. ' His musical gifts had been developed under the guidance of the most accomplished foreign instructors. The public wondered and admired, but few knew that the musician owed the training In his Art to the generosity of the man who had restrained tlm from concert pta* ing teh years before.?Alnslee's iiags wine. MILLS AND SCiiOCLS. A Report Containing fluch Valuable Information. The report of the State superintendent cvf education has gon.j to press and is now being worked upon by the State printer. It is a very elaborate report and contains, besides the presentation of the statistics of the schools, a general review of the educational conditions in the State, presenting in a condensed and well ordered manner many facts, features and figures of every kind and grade of school, In the State, from primary school and district school 'to college university and professional institution. The discussion by Superintendent MaMahan emphasizes the very great importance of better supervision as to the "sin o.ua non" of good country schools. He goes very fully into the subject and makes comparisons and arguments which are very suggestive and convincing. The statistical report Is of a most comprehensive and elaborate character, One table shews facts about each individual school district in the State. number of schools, unmber of school houses, number of pupils to school and to teacher, and the name of the chairman of the board of trustees; also the greatest number o fmiies the children have to walk to school in each district. Another table gives an itemized statement of the receipts and disbursements of each school district in the State, with average amount paid to teachers. These two tables were given in the first report of Superintendent McMahan have been made in thein and the name of the chairman of the board of trustees of each di&trict has been added. These facts are given complete for the whole State, with the exception of Kershaw and Marlboro whose couuty superintendents failed to stud in the required facts for the financial report. Besides this and the usual tablts, the report hau several new features In the way of statistics. There is a table s.bout the mill schools in the State . It gives the unmber of operatives in tho mill, with <he Hnmber of children under 10 working in the mill, the unmber of children in the school, together with the amount of money given by the mill authorities for the support of the mill schools. To these are added several very able discussions on the subject of mill schools by the mill^offlrers. Other very interesting features are reports of the town schools and of the Institutions of higher education. These reports are by far the most elaborate reports of such schools ever attemp:ed In the State, The town school report shows the number of pupils, girls and boys, white and colored, average attendance, estimated school population, number 01 leucnt-iB, <t?ciagc suw j paid to men and women, salary of the superintendent, number of hours per week he gives respectively to supervision and class work, the value cfthc buildings, furniture, apparatus, etc., name of the superintendent and the chairman of! the board of trustees, together with a number cf other interesting facts. The college report shows name of president, nuber of faculty, meiL?and women, the enrollment, boys ancTgirls, the number of the various kind3 of students, the endowments, income, etc. The summer schools occupy a considerable part of this report. Not only are these facts interesting, but Superintendent MeMahan in his discussion on the subject makes them the basis of his plea for the better supervision of the schools. He considers that the establishment of the summer schools is a step towards the improvement of -foonhorc nnrf thp rwoenition of the need of an expert in each county to instfuct the teachers and look after the intrests of the schools from a professional standpoint Telegraphic Briefs. The present Michigan Legislature will not amend tax laws so that corporations shall be taxed 01 their actual ca.*h values, as recommended by Governor Pinfmee. A seat on the Now York Stock Exchange was sold for $50,000,the highest price on record. While two highwaymen were searching his baggage, which contained $3,000 in coin, G. E. Keernsey shot and killed them both, at Parrall, Mex. Rev. Herman Jesep Alerding has been * i J Wairno TnH wpnp:>ini.eu Disiiup vi n/?. , and Rev. Joseph O'Reilly, of Peoria, Titular Bishop of Laredo, Tex. From the effect of "knock-out drops," alleged to have been given her by "Mrrt" Woods, Miss Ma-garet Jennings diei, at Little Falls, N. Y. Jessie Morrison, whose tritl on tne charge of killing Mrs. Olin Castle resulted in the disagreement of the jury, was admitted -to $5,000 bail, at Eldorado, Kan. John W. Jolly, who shot and killed his sister-in-law, Emma Kleekamp, iu Newport. Ky.. August 7 last, and then killec. his wife, was senteneced to be hanged February 1. Thirteen-year-old Fanny Lynch, of Balem, Mass., h*s been arrested on tha charge of robbing the mails. Three men attempted to throw dynamite, at Trimble, 0., and two of them had their eyas blown oat SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND COST. Statistics by Counties for Both ' Races. The following table from the report of the State Superintendent of Educa- , tion shows the total enrollment of pupils of each race in the public schools 1 of the State, given by counties: i Total Total i whites, negroes. ; Abbeville 2,873 5,314 Aiken 3,468 4,812 1 Anderson 7,254 5.039 ' Bamberg 1,346 2,338 Barnwell 3,231 4,030 2 Beaufort 1,123 5,763 Berkeley 1,493 3,557 Charleston 4.802 7,709 Cherokee 3,038 1,591 Chester 1,903 4,351 Chesterfield 2,719 1,630 Clarendon 2,130 4.21S Colleton 3,101 2,449 Darlington 2,820 3,845 Dorchester 1,318 1,752 Edgefield 2,136 4.000 Fairfield 1.642 4,827 Florence 2,747 3,293 Georg<etown, 1,275 3.286 Greenville 8,318 4,434 Greenwood 2,136 4 279 _ Hampton 1,821 2,842 0 Horry 3,825 1,298 Kershaw 2.884 2,504 Lancaster 2,975 3,419 Laurens 3,458 4,683 3 Lexington 4,006 1,733 Marlon, 3,815 4.086 f, Marlboro 2,161 3.166 Newberry 3,276 4,843 J 4 A7<> 1 0"C VJKsVJLl .. . 1,VI? J Orangeburg 4,659 9,456 Pickens 3,597 1,292 0 Richland 2,208 4,817 Saluda 2,555 2,617 I Spartanburg 8,305 5,062 Sumter 2,886 7,195 Union 2,257 2,925 Williamsburg 2,636 3,862 York 4,066 5,979 j Total 126,395 155,692 The following shows the cost of the schools for each race by counties: Total Total for white, for negroes. Abbeville $18,465.36 $6,912.12 Aiken 15,719.69 6.539.75 d Anderson 26,362.25 6.339.39 BainbTg 11,419.78 1,783.88 Barnwell 15.553.84 4.2f3.V> Beaufort 5,904.23 7.71:0.93 Berkeley 8,610.09 4.319.06 Charleston .. . 87.420.09 12,979.37 Cherokee .. .. 13.254.79 3,048.97 Chester 14,351.45 5,207. SO Chesterfield .. . 5,190.85 1,923.8". Clarendon .... 11,591.93 1,925.85 Coll e: on 12.435.38 3,184.80 Darlington .. . 10,523.07 5,1.63,22 Dorchester .. . 8,335.50 2,209.90 Elgefie'd 10,944.00 5,000.00 t Falrflell 15.885.02 4.22S.C7 Florence 15.967.87 4,162.33 t Georgetown .. . 8,291.90 4,239.93 Grernvl le .. .. 29.183.70 6.609.13 Greenwood .. . 13,933.25 6.499.75 Hampton 8,402.24 2,748.70 Horry 12,240.51 2,830.36 Kershaw 16,257.62 3.140.60 Lancaster .. .. 10,808.99 5,400.62 Laurens 19,897.12 5,043.52 9 Lexing.on .. .. 9,849.31 1,588.35 Marion 15.909.85 5,122.^5 Varlboro 10,201.07 3,234.65 Newberry .... 18.527.65 4,430.00 Oconee 12,318.02 1,055.00 Orangeburg ... 29.184.23 10,141.39 Pickens .; .. . 11,78".59 2,053.53 Richland 33.233.35 10,270.60 Saluda 9,547.15 3,005.97 Spartanburg .. 56.506.29 10,481.52 Sumter 19.710.39 8,410.72 Union 10.277.04 4,340.42 Williamsburg .. 9.76.8.39 5.023.85 York 27.669.23 6,334.13 Total $700,540.10 $202,175.93 R!<r PIri> Cnltimhi.l. " " 1 Columbia. S. C., Special.?Wednesday night Columbia was visited by the most disastrous fire in 20 years. The Jerome Hotel and three large mercan- * tile establishments on Main street and four smaller ones on Assembly street * were destroyed. The total estimated ^ loss is $142,000; Insurance $53,000. The c fire starved at 8 o'clock, in the rear of s Van Meter's furniture store, a lamp j having exploded. A livery stable and J hay warehouse adjoining caught in al- g most a second's time and the fire a started to burning through to Main and Assembly streets, clearing every- _ thing until stopped by an alley dividing the square. The hotel has been political headquarters for the State for years. The building and furniture were valued at $75,000; insurance $20,000. Other losses are as follows: J. M. Van Meter, two store buildings, $15,000, n.f fnrnftnpo mo ooo. insurance \ ttUCR VI tuiu.w.v $20,000; M. McRaney, stock of groceries and household effects $9,000, insurance $4,000; King racket store, stock $6,000, insurance $6,000; May's stables, contents $1,000, insured; B. F. P. Leaphart, two brick store buildings, $4,000; Wm. H. Lyles, store building $3,500 insurance $3,000. New Enterprises. A commission for a charter has b?en Issued to the Gaffney Telephone Com- e pany, of Gaffney. The capital stock oi I the company is to be $10,000, and the | corporation asks for the right to estaD- I lish telephone lines and buy and sel! " telephones. The corporators are: W C. Carpenter. F. G. Stacey, J. N. Lips- a comb, 0. E. Williams and others. A Commission for a charter has been g( issued to the Cbttingham Company, of Dillon, in Marion oounty. The corpor- _ ators are A. J. Cottlngham and J. H * Hargrore. The company proposes do b ing a general mercantile and fertilizer business at Dillon. A charter has also been granted the Mount Berth#1 church, of Bishoprllle. 1 / 4 ? 4 The Kpdish shoe denier is raising a ?ry of.-iriunn because Ids market is being pre-empted by American rivals. Hoard of Trade announcements show i heavy falling off In exports, those to South Africa alone being 2r?,000 dozen pairs less than they were laRt year. In iddition to this exports are rapidly rising?$2,200,000 Inst year, against $1.500.000 the year before?all hieljprlceil French anil American choes, chiefly the latter BUELL & ROBERTS' CASH DRY M STORE. Ne continue offering indueementa to eloM ut our Summer Goods. We oau mention nlya few of the many goods reduced: Ladles' 8c Underrests for 5a m-TlA. mm.A Dam Qs% ilAJ A1O0 auu u\j no ivt w, 25o Ties and Bows (or 15c. Initial Handkerobiefs, H. 8., embroidered, In a box, lor 19c;tfo goods. 16o Men's Black Initial Silk Handkerchiefs i?r 10c. Men's large White Figured, Drawn-Stttcb, aponet Handkeroblef for 15c; worth 25c. Six Large White Fine H. 8. Handkerchiefs or 60c. In fancy box; oheap at 75c. Three large White Fine H. 8. Handkerhlefs, in fancy box, for 40e- worth 50c. Black-bordered Linen Handkerchiefs for 2c; cheap at 16a Good Mourning Handkerchiefs for 4a Handkerchiefs for lo. Handkerchiefs fer 2 l-2a Handkerchiefs for 8c. 88-inch Madras for 7 l-2c; worth lOo. 36-in h Madras for 6 l-2cj worth 8a AWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR LESS THAN COST. 8h!rt Waists for much lees than it cost to lake them. BIG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS. iA.TSI n Li ?A- 0 nr. via riqui sum mr <w. 98c Crash Skirts tor 81c. All Summer Goods are being sold at ra? uced prices. NEW GOODS. One case Lonecloth 5oj no starch. Fine Black Henrietta at 60c. TINSEL DRAPERY SILKALINE, BALL FRINGE. Black Duck at 8 and 10c. FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. 10 piece Walnut Suits 979 to 9100. 10-pteee Solid Oak gulls 918, 923, 929, 980, 35. 940. 950. 955. Oak Hall Backs, French Plate Olass, 97, 8.50, $9.50. Wardrobes 98 to 925. Bed Lounges 99 to 915. Bedsteads 92.25 to 910. Iron Beds. Iron Cribs. Parlor Suits 986 to 950. Baby Carriages 98-60,'97, 97.50. bloor Oilcloth 30c. Hatting 10; 12, 14. 15, 18. 20, 23, 25, 27 aad Dc. 10-plece Chamber Sets 9119 to 98. Window 8hades 11, 15,80, 85, 40o to 91.21 Stoves 96.50. 97.50, 910 to 911 Trunks 92.50 to 96.50. Ml III m a _ rvoaoi dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. Itartificially digests the food and aids lature in strengthening and recontructing the exhausted digestive orans. It is the latest discovered digestnt and tonic. No other preparation an aDnrcach it in efficiency. It in tantly'relievesand permanently cures )yspep6ia, Indigestion, Heartburn, flatulence, bour Stomach, Nausea, lick Headache,Gastralgia,Cramps,and J1 other resu1ts of i m perfect d igestion. Pntpared by E. C. DeWItt & Co., Chicago. w ** [flpf 4 40Q0 re] vA^50^ Jfe) wvrca jajjg.i IIMHilMI Our fee returned if we fail. Any or ny invention will promptly reccivo oui bility of 6ame. 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G* Atlantic Coast Line. . i M-Eiilnj Eiilrojd rfSutl Crtlisi. Condensed 8c f dule. Dated April 15tb, 1900. SOUTHBOUND. No.35" No.23* No.33* No.51* AM PM PM AM Ly. Florence 2 34 7 45 940 Lv. Seranton 8 21 10 27 Ly. Lake City 8 27 10 38 Ly. Kings tree 8 54 10 59 Ly. Lanes 3 88 914 645 1120 ' PM Ar. Charleston 5 04 10 55 8 30 1 00 NORTHBOUND.No.78* No.32* No.52^ No.50* AY PH A* r* Lv. < harleston 633 404 7 00 4 00 Ar. Lanes 8 83 Lv. Lanes 8 08 615 8 39 Lv. Kt:;ff8tree 8 23 6 5$ Lv. Lake City 8 46 6 ?? Lv. Soranton 8 51 6 Ar. Florence 9 25 7 25 7 (wl AM PM AM P* J Trains Nos. 78 and 32 ran via Wilson and Fayettevilie?tihort Line?and make clort oenneorion for all points North. . \ J NO. P. DlVlNS, Oen'L Sup'L Registration Notice. The office of the Supervisor of Begtitration Will be opened on the first Monday in every month for tho par poce ol tde registering 01 auj pctovu who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a ro*ident of tho State for two years, and of the county one year and of the polling precint in which the elector offers to' vote four months bofore theday olelect on.and shull have paid.hix months be* lore any poll tax then due and payable, and who caq both read and write any section of the Constitution of 1895 submitted to him by tho supervisors, of registration, or can show that he owns, and has uaid all tuxes collectable (taring the present year on property in this Stato assessed at three hundred dollars or more. J. J. EAD-DY, Clerk of Board. GOOD for all work, I BETTER for some, BEST for everybody. !l Send for Yocr Neighbor's Endorsement. ^ '.tl.TURHER. GENL SOU. A G?$t 18 WALL sr. ATLANTA GAS % MB ALL HOUSE ENTRANCE? ~ IMiM'li j Jil le sending sketch and description of m r opinion free concerning the patent- JT 'atent" sent upon request.' Patents at our expense. ^ special notice, without charge, in 1 widely circulated journal, consdhed i * .: ? dress, AWS A CO., \ toTucysJS i '-VASHINCTON, D. ft